Real Estate

Thirteen years of rentals, from the first unit to the exit.

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13 Years13 Years (Part 3/Bonus): A Crash Course in Avoiding Real Estate TaxesFive legal ways to avoid or defer taxes when selling rental property, who each one fits, and why we paid the tax bill anyway.

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13 Years13 Years (Part 2): Leaving Real Estate and ReflectingWhat it really cost to sell our rental properties, and why I'd still choose real estate over stocks if I were 25 again.

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13 Years13 Years (Part 1): Turning Our Life Around with Real Estate InvestingA Retrospective

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Rental Properties… What’s That Like?How one cup of coffee led to six rental units, and what owning rental property has really been like: the money, the messes, and who it made me.

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